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thret
on April 24, 2014
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How Japan Plans to Build an Orbital Solar Farm
I'm sure someone here will do the math, but short answer is that it wouldn't produce a noticeable shadow. Too small, too high.
cvbncvbncgbc
on April 25, 2014
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The apparent size of the structure in the sky, is on the order of three magnitudes smaller compared to the size of the moon.
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